John Santrock’s Child Development is widely considered the most accurate and up-to-date, topically-organized text in the field. Used by hundreds of thousands of students over ten editions, its learning-goals-driven learning system provides a clearer understanding of the content. The fully revised eleventh edition reinforces the highly contemporary tone and focus by featuring hundreds of new citations, including material from chapters from the sixth edition of the Handbook of Child Psychology .

Table of Contents

Section 1: The Nature of Child Development
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Science of Child Development

Section 2: Biologial Processes, Physical Development, and Perceptual Development
Chapter 3: Biological Beginnings
Chapter 4: Prenatal Development and Birth
Chapter 5: Physical Development and Health
Chapter 6: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

Section 3: Cognition and Language
Chapter 7: Cognitive Development Approaches
Chapter 8: Information Processing
Chapter 9: Intelligence
Chapter 10: Language Development

Section 4: Socioemotional Development
Chapter 11: Emotional Development
Chapter 12: The Self and Identity
Chapter 13: Gender
Chapter 14: Moral Development

Section 5: Social Contexts of Development
Chapter 15: Families
Chapter 16: Peers
Chapter 17: Schools and Achievement
Chapter 18: Culture

About the Author
John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology every year at the undergraduate level. In 2006, John recieved the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in teaching award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology that focus on the contextual aspects of affectively-toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been a member of the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 10th Ed; Life-Span Development, 9th Edition; Adolescence, 9th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 3rd Edition. Features